Does anybody drink Green Tea?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

I am addicted to this stuff

[lost-in-nj]

1. I drink

hot green tea
Bigelow's



usually with one Splenda


lost

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. Hello. I like the hot green tea as well, with honey.

This other stuff has replaced any thoughts of soda. I am addicted I tell you. ADDICTED.

[ghostsofgiants]

4. Try Arizona iced green tea with ginseng and honey.

Best iced tea ever.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. Yes. You are right. It is yummy. I have had that.

I don't know why I have gotten hooked on this Lipton stuff :shrug:

[ghostsofgiants]

3. Sure do.

Delicious.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

7. It is so light, crisp, clean and refreshing.

Very subtle.

[Catchawave]

5. Love it !

I get the non-diet, also love the Lipton White Tea w/raspberry...yummmmm.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. Yes. the non-diet is good, too.

Probably healthier as well.

[opiate69]

9. My wife does.. not so much me.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

12. cheers to you and your wife --

:toast:

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. Yes, lots of people do - tens of millions in Japan alone. Plus me.

But I don't drink the shit with corn syrup in it.

If I'm sick, I'll add honey to my green tea (and maybe lemon and whiskey), but otherwise I drink it straight, either hot out of the teapot or chilled as iced tea. I love cold green tea.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. ~

:rofl:

any Japanese posting here? Seems like there is somebody living there who has posted some pictures...

I like to make a pot of green tea and then chill it.

I am drinking a cup of hot green tea as I post right now.

[Rabrrrrrr]

15. I don't think we have any Japanese who post here, but we do have a couple who live there

Americans living in Japan, that is.

And of course, I only drink loose leaf green tea. I buy mine at Ippodo in Kyoto, http://www.ippodo-tea.co.jp/en/ . Wonderful little store with a long history and the best green tea, of all varieties, I've ever had. Matcha, sencha, genmaicha - mmmm, I'm drooling just thinking about it.

I don't mind teabags for some teas, but wow - every bagged green tea I've had has been awful.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

17. thanks for the link

I will check it out.

Yes, the Americans living in Japan. I have seen picture threads. I can't remember the user name. I loved the photos though,

[lost-in-nj]

26. My husband went to Taiwan

and brought home a beautiful tea set

I have NO idea how to make tea from leaves.....
but I would like to learn


I hear White tea is suppossed to be good to.....


lost

[Rabrrrrrr]

27. Mmm.... white tea. I get my white tea from Taiwan.

via tenren, http://www.tenren.com

Making tea from leaves is easy - put some leaves in the tea pot, pour over water of the proper temperature, and let it steep the right amount of time and voila - perfect tea, every time. I use a filter for my pot, so that after the tea is steeped properly, I can remove the leaves. Green tea will get bitter and nasty if you let the leaves stay in the pot.

[Xipe Totec]

13. I like the regular, not the diet

I pop it in the freezer for 45 minutes till it gets nice and slushy.

It's great by itself, but also with a splash of vodka.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

18. I think I will just drink it by itself.

Although, I swear vodka goes with anything.

[Flaxbee]

34. oooh, very very good idea!

adding a few things to my shopping list for the holidays!

[Solon]

14. I like tea period, hot, cold...

Green, Earl Grey, whatever, I just like tea, I'm weird that way.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

19. I like Earl Grey in the mornings. A change from coffee.

Especially in the summer.

I guess I am weird that way too.

[Solon]

22. Yeah, though I like coffee as well...

give me an espresso or cappuccino and I'm all set. Have you ever tried bubble tea?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

24. I have never heard of bubble tea ---

what is this?

[Solon]

28. Its from Taiwan, I believe...

The distinctive characteristic of it is that it has "boba" at the bottom of the cup, made of Tapioca. Usually you drink it with a wide straw big enough to be able to suck up these "boba" which can be quite large. The original bubble tea consisted of a hot Taiwanese black tea, tapioca pearls, condensed milk, and honey. Though now there are several variations as it gains in popularity.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

29. That sounds interesting.

I like tapioca. I will look for this. Thanks.

[Solon]

30. You should look on the internet, I was introduced to it from a friend...

in the area, and I like it. I don't know where you live, but I live in the St. Louis Area, so I figure if Bubble Tea is available here, oddly enough, at St. Louis Bubble Tea, its available everywhere else as well. We are usually last in getting anything new.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

31. ~

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[Solon]

32. Yep, that's the place all right, the one on Delmar, on the "Loop" as we locals call it...

Its also the most liberal area in St. Louis, that Bubble Tea location has this sign on the window:

[Maraya1969]

16. I open about 8 or 10 bags and stick them in the coffee pot and then

fill the back with water and make tea instead of coffee.

Then I let it sit for a few hours, add some water and splenda and stick it in another drink container.

That way I have a bunch of iced tea for the next day, it's not expensive and I can put whatever tea I want to in it.

I think I need to make some tonight after reading this thread.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

20. Yes, I do that too.

good idea :think:

[auntAgonist]

21. I love green tea

Arizona brand is good.

aA

[Tuesday Afternoon]

23. Yes. --

and I want to tell you that your granddaughter is lovely. I meant to post in your thread. :hi:

edited to add the smiley

[auntAgonist]

25. well thank you :)

I happen to agree 100% .. she's the joy of my life.

:hug:

aA
kesha

[Bongo Prophet]

33. Do you have other suggestions with what do do with it?

Maybe I don't wanna know???

[Tuesday Afternoon]

35. Xipe Totec said it was good with vodka.

Perhaps you could put it in your bong instead of water?

I guess one is only limited by their imagination...

[Bongo Prophet]

38. What a great suggestion.

Actually, I love green tea. Not in the bottle, but brewed.
I guess I was overcome by lounge fever, which is hard to distinguish from GD snark.

Green tea might be good for that as well.

Hey, what do you know about my bong? :hi:

[Critters2]

36. Is it sweetened? I cannot stand sweetened tea.

So, I tend to avoid the pre-bottled stuff. It's nearly always sweetened. I make my own. Tea, water, ice. That's all that should be in tea.

So, in answer to your question, no, I've never had that.

[Chovexani]

37. I'm drinking the hot stuff right now

It's great for colds, and I've got one. :(

[Neoma]

39. I'm up for NORMAL green tea.

The hot stuff.

[Nicole]

40. I love it freshly brewed.

I haven't tried the bottled stuff.

[cwydro]

41. I like hot black tea

I tried drinking the hot green tea, but just never liked the flavor so much.

It is a mite chilly here today...tea is a good idea.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

42. "Green Tea"? Is that what they're calling absinthe these days?

:hi:

[annonymous]

43. Yes, but I don't care for the bottled or canned stuff.

I especially hate the diet stuff. I prefer green tea freshly brewed.